Bằng Kiều

Until 2014, it was rumored that he was in a relationship with Miss Vietnam, Duong My Linh.

In September 2012, he visited Vietnam and was granted allowance perform from October to December 2012 by the Bureau of Art Performance.

On 25 September 2012, he and singer Khánh Ly were authorized to perform in Vietnam by Bureau of Art Performance, which lasted until December same year. His first live show in Vietnam came the following month, involving him and his duet partner Minh Tuyết.

In March 2010, he again visited Vietnam for the birthday party of singer Hong Nhung. Afterward, during a visit to Phnom Penh in December 2011, he and his family visited Vietnam. He held a fan meeting at Club Passion in Hanoi that was so crowded that the police canceled the event after 15 minutes.

At the end of February 2008, after 4-year living in America, he and family visited Vietnam. He shared that he was "so happy", but did not perform or give interviews, saying, "[I[ don't know what to say right now". During this visit, he attended music shows in the audience. Touched by the enthusiasm of the audience, he stated, "hopefully I could perform for Vietnamese audience in Vietnam".

In February 2004, the Bureau of Art – Performance temporarily postponed his shows. On 22 November, they made a statement to related agencies and individuals not to use any song and performance of Bang Kieu. Following the statement, his citizenship was officially annulled.

In middle of November 2003, he visited his family in Hanoi. In 25 November, website Tin Tuc Vietnam Thoi Doi Moi run by the Bureau of Culture and Information posted an interview titled Kieu Bang Kieu. The interview stirred confusion and disagreement among artists, the overseas community and Vietnam, including his statement that he was the highest paid Vietnamese artist in America, that he belonged to the generation of "enthusiastically dispelling Vietnamese-American music off Vietnam", that he deliberately avoided music shows abroad, as well as verdicts about the taste and working ethic of music shows in Vietnam. On 27 December 2003, in a meeting, the leader of the Vietnamese community in Sacramento issued an official statement attacking him for having "internal activities assigned from Vietnam Communism in order to corrupt Vietnamese refugees oversea". Facing the incident, he clarified that "the interview was twisted for bad purposes", that he did have an interview with the journalist but it was regarding common stories, unlike the statement in the interview.

He performed alongside songwriters and singers including Duyen Dang Viet Nam, Green Wave and Nhip Cau Am Nhac in Dong Thoi Gian 2002.

In September 2002, they married and relocated to America. For a period of time, there were some Vietnamese-Americans protested that Kieu was assigned to spread the "culture movement" of Vietnamese communism in America. During a show in 2003, he shared that he would like to be a part of the Vietnamese-American community. He was welcomed in many places in America and Canada. He performed in Australia, Philippines, Netherlands, Germany and Czech Republic.

In 2002, he shared that his music style was influenced by songwriter Duong Thu. His songs were mostly romantic, not sad and sorrowful. He used to say that his singing was his priority, however he changed his mind and paid more attention to performance costume "to show respect to the audiences".

In May 2001, he appeared in a play by Ho Chi Minh City's Television Broadcast Station. His acting received positive reviews though the show itself found little success. He was named as "multi-talented boy" by Tuoi Tre Newspaper. In September that year, he participated in a football match against a team of Hong Kong actors in a charity match for the Vietnam Deaf People Foundation.

In 2001, the movement of bringing singers to perform abroad by Ho Chi Minh City's Performance Organization Company gained success. Kieu and artist crew had a 1-month tour at the request of the Vietnamese community in Eastern Europe. Previously, he had performed in America as well as learning studio techniques. He performed in Australia in 2002.

He is a former member of bands including Golden Keys, Frangipani, and Watermelon. In 2000, he became a solo artist. In 2002, he relocated to America and married female singer Trizzie Phuong Trinh. From 2004 to 2008, his Vietnam citizenship was revoked due to an unresolved dispute. Apparently, he is one of the exclusive singers of Thuy Nga Center.

Later he met American-Vietnamese Trizzie Phuong Trinh in Duyen Dang Vietnam in April 2000. He claimed he abandoned smoking, admitting that it damaged his voice. However, according to Trizzie, he kept smoking. In September 2002, they married. The wedding was held in America and Hanoi before relocating to South California. Their first son was named Beckham Bang Phuong. By 2012, he had three sons.

In 1989, he studied bassoon at Hanoi Music Institute, where he founded the band Golden Key. From 1990 to 1996, he was a member of Frangipani. In 1998, he established another band called Watermelon, which included Anh Tu, Tuan Hung and Tuong Van. Watermelon disbanded in 2000, and Kiều embarked upon his solo career.

Nguyễn Bằng Kiều (born 13 July 1973 in Hanoi), is a Vietnamese ballad singer.